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adjective

measly adj.

Infected with measles.

(Zool.) Containing larval tapeworms; said of pork and beef.

Contemptibly small in quantity; meager; absurdly insufficient or bad; as, a measly few dollars for all that work.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Measly" Quotes from Famous Books

... Mine? I likes their cheek. Me mud-bespattered by the cars they drive, Wot makes my measly thirty bob a week, And sweats red blood to keep meself alive! Fight for the right to slave that they may spend, Them in their mansions, me 'ere in my slum? No, let 'em fight wot's something to defend: But me, I've nothin'—let the Kaiser come. And so I cusses 'ard ...

— Rhymes of a Red Cross Man • Robert W. Service

... never be able to change his testimony. After all, it would be easy enough to abandon the charge at the present point. It was a genuine case of cold feet. He scented trouble. He wanted to renig while the renigging was good. What in hell had Froelich ever done for him, anyhow? A few measly pieces of roast! ...

— By Advice of Counsel • Arthur Train

... memories of a former Christmas at Carter Hall still fresh in mind, and knowing the dear lady's generosity, and having seen the biggest bundle of feathers and the longest pair of legs he had ever laid his eyes on hanging head down on the measly wall of the shabby yard as he entered, screwed up his eyes, cudgelled his brain by tapping his forehead with his forefinger, ...

— Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman • F. Hopkinson Smith

... fear of 'tater bugs, Or cultivation's errors, The measly scale from San Jose, And Green bug bring ...

— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting • Northern Nut Growers Association

... fought for country and king, and now in my blind old age I'm to be sent packing from a measly public-'ouse? Mark ye, ma'am, if I go, you take the consequences. Is this a inn? Or hain't it? If it is a inn, then by act of parleyment, I'm free to sling my 'ammick. Don't you forget: this is a act of parleyment job, this ...

— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV • Robert Louis Stevenson

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